As of the United Kingdom Census 2001 there were 869 communities in Wales. More than 730 have a council (i.e. 84%).[1] They vary in size from Rhayader with an area of 13,945 hectares (34,460 acres) to Cefn Fforest with an area of 64 hectares (160 acres). In the 2001 Census they ranged in population from Barry with 45,053 recorded inhabitants to Baglan Bay with no permanent residents.